Julie Berry News

With 2008 drawing to a close, it's time to take a look back at the year that was. The following is Reality TV World's 2008 Reality TV Year In Review, a month-by-month review of some of the past year's reality TV headlines, highlights, lowlights, and milestones.

Robert "Bob" Crowley hardly seemed like the favorite to "outwit, outlast and outplay" his seventeen fellow Survivor: Gabon castaways when the reality competition began. In fact, the 57-year-old physics teacher from South Portland, ME, commanded so little attention during Survivor: Gabon's early rounds that he was known more for his lengthy naps than his gameplay.

When Jeff Probst learned he had been nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program category, he was surprised -- but it had nothing to do with the nod from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.